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High School Musical Awards: The Nominees

Memphis and Shelby County has some really ambitious High School theater, and the Orpheum's High School Musical Awards are meant to reward some hard working artists that go largely unnoticed.The new program recognizes achievement in all areas of high school musical theater, is scheduled for May 27, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the Orpheum. Tickets are $15-$35 and are on sale now.

The nominees for the 2010 Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards are:

Best Supporting Actor

Britt Craig as A.J. Heinz in Germantown High School’s Parade Michel Gratzer as Lefou in Collierville High School’s Beauty and the Beast James Ridney as The Dentist in Millington Central High School’s Little Shop of Horrors Michael Robinson as Cosmo in St. Benedict at Auburndale’s Singin’ in the Rain Chase Waldrip as Barnaby Tucker in Southern Baptist Educational Center’s Hello Dolly! Best Supporting Actress

Arlington High School for Oklahoma! Cordova High School for Anything Goes St. Benedict at Auburndale for Singin’ in the Rain St. Mary’s Episcopal School for White Christmas Southern Baptist Educational Center for Hello Dolly!

Best Orchestra

Arlington High School for Oklahoma! Collierville High School for Beauty and the Beast Overton High School for Fame Southern Baptist Educational Center for Hello Dolly! White Station High School for Guys and Dolls

Best Musical Direction

DeSoto Central High School for Annie Get Your Gun Germantown High School for Parade Ridgeway High School for Footloose St. Mary’s Episcopal School for White Christmas Wynne High School for The Secret Garden

Best Scenic Design sponsored by The Crump Firm

Briarcrest Christian School for Beauty and the Beast Germantown High School for Parade Hernando High School for Seussical Millington Central High School for Little Shop of Horrors St. Benedict at Auburndale for Singin’ in the Rain

Best Costume Design

Germantown High School for Parade Hernando High School for Seussical Millington Central High School for Little Shop of Horrors St. Mary’s Episcopal School for White Christmas Southern Baptist Educational Center for Hello Dolly!

Best Hair & Makeup Design sponsored by Mainstage Theatrical Supply

Collierville High School for Beauty and the Beast Hernando High School for Seussical Hutchison School for Jane Eyre Tipton Rosemark Academy for The Sound of Music Wynne High School for The Secret Garden

Best Lighting Design

Germantown High School for Parade Harding Academy for Into the Woods Hutchison School for Jane Eyre Millington Central High School for Little Shop of Horrors St. Mary’s School for White Christmas

Best Front of House

Arlington High School for Oklahoma! Briarcrest Christian School for Beauty and the Beast Hernando High School for Seussical St. Agnes Academy for Once Upon a Mattress Southern Baptist Educational Center for Hello Dolly

Best Technical Crew

Cordova High School for Anything Goes DeSoto Central High School for Annie Get Your Gun Harding Academy for Into the Woods Hutchison School for Jane Eyre St. Agnes Academy for Once Upon a Mattress

Technical Achievement Award sponsored by Mainstage Theatrical Supply Chelsea Aaron from White Station High School Kacee Benson from Cordova High School Carisa Bledsoe from Collierville High School Lexi Gabel from DeSoto Central High School Maribeth Russell from Briarcrest Christian School

Best Cameo Performance

Charlie Finan as Harry the Horse in White Station High School’s Guys and Dolls Mary Kate Henderson as the Hairdresser in St. Benedict at Auburndale’s Singin’ in the Rain Amber Kiner as the featured soloist in Hutchison School’s Jane Eyre Honna Miller as Mrs. Mayor in Houston High School’s Seussical: The Musical Wesley Williamson as Rudolph in Southern Bapist Educational Center’s Hello Dolly!

Best Featured Ensemble

The Bird Girls from Hernando High School’s Seussical The Chain Gang from Germantown High School’s Parade The Havana Tango Dancers from White Station High School’s Guys and Dolls The Townspeople at the Bar from Collierville High School’s Beauty and the Beast The Wickersham Brothers from Houston High School’s Seussical

Best Ensemble Energy

Cordova High School for Anything Goes Harding Academy for Into the Woods Hernando High School for Seussical Overton High School for Fame Ridgeway High School for Footloose

Best Direction sponsored by The Commercial Appeal

Frank Bluestein for Germantown High School’s Parade Jenny Madden for St. Mary’s Episcopal School’s White Christmas Keith Salter for Collierville High School’s Beauty and the Beast Cindy Wells and Bret Bilbrey for St. Benedict at Auburndale’s Singin’ in the Rain Jenny Hall and Dennis Whitehead for Millington Central High School’s Little Shop of Horrors Best Artistic Innovation

Arlington High School for Oklahoma! DeSoto Central High School for Annie Get Your Gun Millington Central High School for Little Shop of Horrors Tipton Rosemark Academy for The Sound of Music Wynne High School for The Secret Garden

Paul Hoover as Leo Frank in Germantown High School’s Parade Prentiss Mouton as Reverend Shaw in Ridgeway High School’s Footloose John Phillians as Archibald Craven in Wynne High School’s The Secret Garden Wen Powers as Don Lockwood in St. Benedict at Auburndale’s Singin’ in the Rain Brad Waelbroeck as Seymour in Millington Central High School’s Little Shop of Horrors

Best Musical sponsored by The Orpheum Theatre

Germantown High School for Parade Millington Central High School for Little Shop of Horrors St. Benedict at Auburndale for Singin’ in the Rain St. Mary’s Episcopal School for White Christmas Southern Baptist Educational Center for Hello, Dolly!